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I am
You throw me your hate, I will not listen
Speak your words like I’m some monster
But I will no longer sit here and ponder
Sing me your verse whose words you bolster
Calmer, caring now, from there I’ll listen
Yet how rare it is to find one whose kindness you foster
Who speaks, who knows, who cherishes truth
It lays in the fragile minds of the youth
You say you listen, yet you never understand
Mind claimed to be awashed as the sea, but you seal it like stone
For every word I speak you cut me down
push me around, bound by the shackles of your throne
You claim you lay upon, slay me with your tongue
Your wicked thoughts you claim just, you own
It's those like you that flood our streets
The same kind to which you complain, bedridden in your sheets
Oh I wish such a rarity grew like the flames of a roaring fire
I am for love, for learning, for voices yearning
To be heard, to be taken, but they make our divide stronger
And our fire is dying and you’re left conforming
Like sheep. Speak those words that frighten you
You feed the tragedy and loss they keep forewarning
Little words you shout are well often caught
I’m for what you say you’re for, but really you are not
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